Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- January 21, 7:59 PM CST to 8:01 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Jacksonville to 4 mi SE of Jacksonville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -92.100
Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Pulaski County to the southeast of Jacksonville on Valentine Road. with very little tree damage noted.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Pulaski County to the southeast of Jacksonville on Valentine Road. The tornado was on the ground briefly, and caused minimal damage...with very little tree damage noted.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1999Warnings in Arkansas, January 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5685661.